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New comment by afh1 in "Revealing the details of how OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face"

afh1 — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 11:38:16 +0000

>Imagine having a virus escape a sandbox, why are we worried about the virus but not the incompetency of those who are responsible for setting up the sandbox?

You don't have to imagine. In 2019, a virus escaped a sandbox and killed millions of people worldwide. No one was jailed for it. Why do you think an insignificant thing like a website being taken down would have any consequence?

New comment by afh1 in "Belgian car salesman becomes prince after DNA test proves royal parentage"

afh1 — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 18:03:07 +0000

Remove the greatest incentive for long term investment, what could go wrong?

New comment by afh1 in "Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera"

afh1 — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 21:23:52 +0000

And Europeans think they have privacy lol

New comment by afh1 in "Chat Control passed first round in EU Parliament"

afh1 — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:50:37 +0000

Is it really supported by the people, or just the politicians?

If the former, the EU is an autocratic democracy. If the later, an autocratic oligarchy.

Either way bad. Only true democracy in Europe is Switzerland where the people actually get to vote on laws.

New comment by afh1 in "Flock cameras track more than your license plate, and they're spreading fast"

afh1 — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 16:49:48 +0000

There may be no expectation of privacy in the sense someone may see you and take your picture.

There is an expectation you are not constantly tracked everywhere you go by a nationwide surveillance apparatus, that your location is not constantly monitored, indexed and shared. Unless you expect to live in an Orwellian distopia.

New comment by afh1 in "EU to legislate about Chat Control behind closed doors"

afh1 — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 15:57:50 +0000

Chat control takes screenshots of your phone. E2EE is useless. It's government mandated spyware.

New comment by afh1 in "Wikipedia cofounder Larry Sanger blocked from editing Wikipedia"

afh1 — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:31:58 +0000

Yes, banned by the status quo for trying to disturb it. Wikipedia is nowadays highly politicized and more time and energy are spent on politics than on actually contributing with any useful knowledge. I've stopped contributing years ago after a decade of writing because of how bad things had gotten. It's a lost battle, all that remains is scorched earth filled with toxic editors trying to push their POV and banning everyone who exposes them or attempts to change things.

New comment by afh1 in "Rio de Janeiro's "homegrown" LLM appears to be a merge of an existing model"

afh1 — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 21:21:48 +0000

He is putting into question the character of the public workers involved in the project, not that it has anything to do with organized crime. Rio has relapsed into crime in the last decades and government workers in general have a reputation for corruption in Brazil. It's a low trust society specially north of Parana hence the lack of surprise.

New comment by afh1 in "Dopamine Fracking"

afh1 — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:50:35 +0000

Lost me on false but popular claims on fracking on the first paragraph. If you don't even take the time to research the main topic of your "metaphor", can't expect much depthness from the Discord philosopher.

New comment by afh1 in "EV Stupidity Checklist"

afh1 — Fri, 29 May 2026 22:20:43 +0000

Such items need to be standardized, and cars driving on public roads must conform to a standard. It's that simple, but legislative bodies seem to have lost the ability to regulate basic items such as rear-view mirrors and non-blinding headlights.

New comment by afh1 in "EV Stupidity Checklist"

afh1 — Fri, 29 May 2026 22:18:53 +0000

Why not both? My Honda has mirrors and a rear view camera. I always check both before backing up. The camera is viewed on a small (for today's standards) LCD screen (with physical buttons, no touchscreen) that also serves as the radio.

New comment by afh1 in "Big tech's anti-labor playbook has come for Wikipedia"

afh1 — Tue, 26 May 2026 23:48:40 +0000

I hope it collapses, the Foundation has long cared more about begging for money while sitting on millions, paying for unrelated events, than for the well being of its site editors - even before recent news, it offered zero protection or aid against constant legal threats, for example. And most editors care more about politics than facts, the political bias on Wikipedia is ever increasing. Or at least was, since I have last used it years ago. Nowadays does anyone even read it? I think most people stop at the AI overview. I hope it faces the same future as StackOverflow. It built great value, but has declined into a mostly toxic community at the admin/power user levels who control most of the content. AI has already swallowed what was there and there are plenty of archives and alternatives for the trove of knowledge that was built in the past.

New comment by afh1 in "Shipping a laptop to a refugee camp in Uganda"

afh1 — Sat, 23 May 2026 01:01:19 +0000

All governments.

And if you bypass their abuse, you're a "smuggler", shamed on by the press.

New comment by afh1 in "Can I disable all data collection from my vehicle?"

afh1 — Fri, 01 May 2026 00:13:25 +0000

Main reason why I will never buy an EV, and keep driving my Internet-free Honda until it dies, which will likely be after me.

New comment by afh1 in "Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants"

afh1 — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:56:29 +0000

German anti-nuclear "greens" destroying the country's economy by disabling green power generation will go down in history as one of the worst political blunders in this century, probably next to Trump's war in Iran. And for 15y if you said anything about it you were an evil capitalist who doesn't care about the environment. No wonder the country is ever more polarized.

New comment by afh1 in "Online age verification is the hill to die on"

afh1 — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:26:47 +0000

Because it's not about children but requiring identification to speak online.

New comment by afh1 in "Online age verification is the hill to die on"

afh1 — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:25:26 +0000

A photo identifies you. This is the digital equivalent of having a photo taken of you upon entering the mag store, stored digitally forever, shared with government, and tied to every magazine you read and purchase.

New comment by afh1 in "Why AI companies want you to be afraid of them"

afh1 — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:01:01 +0000

They want regulation for others but not them. Otherwise there might be competition.

New comment by afh1 in "Norway set to become latest country to ban social media for under 16s"

afh1 — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:42:35 +0000

This is not about kids. It's about surveillance.

New comment by afh1 in "Norway set to become latest country to ban social media for under 16s"

afh1 — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:40:37 +0000

Do you think this is about kids? It's about online identity and government surveillance and control.

Even if you think it is about kids, then take responsibility into your own hands, be a parent and prevent your kids from using it. Or you just want to tell other parents to raise their kids the way you want? Then tell them that, don't hide behind fascist police and justice system to force online ID for adults.